"Open With" File Association

How do I associate specific file types with a specifc application (i.e. all .mp3 files to "open with" Quicktime)? I tried opening a file and selecting the "Always Open With" box, but this only affects that one file, not every file of it's type.
Thanks,
-Adam

Under the option to change the application in Get Info there is the option to "change all" to open all documents like this one..
S.

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ALoverofNikon wrote:
A current list of other available "editors" also appears in the Open With context menu, but it is unclear (at least to me) where that list comes from because there are some pretty strange entries in the list for any specific file type.
Agreed -- I've always been curious as to what random generator Bridge uses to assign programs with file types.

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2. Right-clicking on an EPS file, and choosing "Open With," behaves exactly as right-clicking on an SVG file.
3. Right-clicking an AI file show two instances of "Adobe Illustrator CS3"-- one with a CS3 icon and one with a CS4 icon. Clicking on each entry opens the correct program for the icon, however.
How do I also fix this?
Mike
Message was edited by: Mike Wickham

First an update: I compared registry entries with the CS4 installation on my laptop. I saw that quite a few of the Adobe.Illustrator.<etc> keys were
missing, and many of the ones that were there had CS3 paths listed instead of CS4. So I uninstalled Illustrator CS4 and reinstalled it. That fixed some
problems. I also, in Windows Explorer, used Tools> Folder Options> File Types to change Illustrator CS4 to the default program to open AI, EPS, and
SVG files. I chose "Advanced" and "Edit" in the File Type dialog and noticed that some of the entries for open were missing the "Open" action. So I fixed that.
I've got the AI, EPS, and SVG files where I can open them with the correct programs now, but there are still some weirdities using right-click and Open With:
For AI files:
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associated with the icon. If I choose Open With, then "Other Programs, there is a listing for Adobe Illustrator CS4, but it has a generic window icon and does not work. I get the "<path><filename>.ai is not a valid Win32 application" error.
For EPS files:
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Is there any way to fix this stuff without uninstalling/reinstalling the whole Design Premium suite? While the reinstall of Illustrator CS4 did fix
some things, it also broke some. It reinstalled a bunch of ancillary programs, like ExtendScript that I didn't tell it to reinstall. I ran Adobe
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FMv7, Open With/File Association

Installed FMv9 after installing FMv7.
On file server, v7 files now show v9 Icon.
When doubleclicking v7 files, they open in v9.
When right clicking v7 file, to Open With, v7 is not listed as an option. If I Browse to v7.exe and select it, the Open With dialog still does not show v7.
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I have read on this forum that people have problem with the file association when they haved installed StarOffice 8. I have the same problem.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ppt\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ppt\shell\open\command ]
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>I recently did a clean install of Windows Vista and
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>applications
> - including MS FrontPage and Dreamweaver 8. I've gone
through and
> associated
> the file extensions (i.e. .asp, .aspx, .htm) with
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icon associated with
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